Garment



April 7, 1925.

E. F. L. FRITZ GARMENT Filed; Sept. 30, 1922 0 O O O O O O 0 O 0 0 OOO OOCO Patented Apr. 7, 1 925.

UNITED STATES EMIL F. LEWIS FRITZ,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT.

Application filed September To all whom is may concern:

Be it known that I, EMU. F. LEWIS FRITZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to novel improvements in garments, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction which will be highly efficient in use and economical in manufacture.

Among the salient objects of the invention is the provision of a garment, of the corset type, having body covering members formed of pliable metallic material, such as aluminum or the like, which, when worn, will retain the contour of the body, and be easily adjusted and fitted around the body and be comfortable to wear.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference tothe accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevational View of a garment embodying the invention Fig. 2 is a top edge View, of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional detail view, of the same, taken substantially on line 3-3 .of Fig. 1.

In. carrying the objects of the invention into effect, my improved garment comprises a plurality of sections, namely, an abdomen covering section 5 having a plurality of tapes 6 on its opposite side edges, the abdomen covering portion 5 is preferably formed of pliable metallic material such as aluminum, or thelike, and in this instance is formed with a plurality of perforations 7. The tapes 6 are secured perferably to elastic hip covering portions 8 and 9 adapted to cover the body portion of the wearer slightly above the hips, the tapes 6 being provided with push buttons 9' of any approved type. The hip covering portions are detachably secured to back covering por"- tions 10 and 11 preferably formed in substantially the same way and of the same material as the abdomen covering portion 5. The back covering portions 10 and-11 are alsov provided with tapes 12 carrylng push so, -1922. Serial No. 591,627.

buttons 9' through the medium of which these portions are detachably secured to the hip covering portions. The back portions 10 and 11 are provided adjacent the outer side edges with grommets 13 through which laces o the usual form pass when the garment is mounted to embrace the body of the wearer. The metallic covering portions of the garment are preferably formed with slightly rolled edges as at 5' Fig. 1. I

The objectof perforating the portions 5, 10 and 11 is primarily to provide ventilation gvljfn the garment is positioned around the o y.

The curvature of the top and bottom edges of the garment is of a shape commonly known in the art of manufacturing a gar, ment of this type and is to be of such shape that the garment can be comfortably worn.

-While I have specified that the garment secured around the body of the wearer through the medium of laces it is to be understood that snap-fast buttons of the usual construction well known in the art may be used inasmuch as the garment is adjustable through the medium of the elastic hip covering portion'of the garment.

The garment will not only be comfortable to wear but will be the fprinci al agent in retaining the contour o the ody of the wearerin its proper shape without being detrimental to the wearer as it is preferable that the material forming the body covering portions be formed of such pliable material that will be durable and permit easy movement of the body.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of constructionfor carrying my invention into effect, this 1s capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim. c

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A garment of 'the class described including a front body covering portion formed of pliable metallic material and having ventilating perforations formed therein, side body covering portions formed of elastic material, connections comprising tapes fixedly secured to the side body covering covering portions and detachably secured 10 ortions and detachably secured to the front to the back body covering portions. ody covering portion, a back body covering In tGStlIIiOIlY whereof have signed my vportion including parts formed of pliable name t0 t-h1s specificatlon 1n the presence of 5 metallic material having ventilating pera subscrlbmg Wltnessforations formed therein and having grommets formed therein afi'ording means of 1210- E. F. LEWIS FRITZ.

ing the parts together, and connections com- Witness:

prising tapes fixedly secured to the side body CLARENCE E. THREEDY. 

